On This Day in History for March 20
Events in History
- 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- 1345 Saturn, Jupiter and Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
- 1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
- 1569 Duke of Alva leads "tenth penning" in Les Ponts de Cé
- 1598 Governor of Brittany, Philippe Emmanuel the Duke of Mercœur submits to French King Henry IV at Angers
- 1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden
- 1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
- 1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
- More Events in History
Henrik Ibsen
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Brian MulroneyWeddings in History
- 1878 53rd UK Prime Minister Archibald Primrose (31) weds heiress Hannah de Rothschild (27) at the Board of Guardians in Mount Street, London
- 1934 Vietnam emperor Bảo Đại (20) weds empress Nam Phương (19) at the imperial city of Huế
- 1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Henry IV of England
Albert of Prussia
A. E. Douglass
Brendan Behan
Malcolm FraserMarch in History
A First Lady Goes Shoplifting
While former Panama military dictator Manuel Noriega was awaiting his fate on racketeering charges, his wife Felicidad was having her own run-in with the law.
March 20, 1992
Welcome Shoppers, But No Whistling Please
Burlington Arcade, one of London's finest shopping streets, was opened on this day, partly as a deterrent to litter louts.
March 20, 1819
'I Shall Return'
A statue in the Philippines commemorating the promised return of American commander Douglas MacArthur in World War II
March 20, 1942
Obama Family Visit Cuba
Barack and Michelle Obama walk through the rainy streets of Havana, Cuba
March 20, 2016